What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.

Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.

This September, Twelve will publish the last original book-length work by Christopher Hitchens, an intimate and brave chronicle of his ordeal with esophageal cancer.

MORTALITY will be published on September 4, and will include a Foreword by Christopher’s longtime editor and chum, Graydon Carter, and a powerful and beautifully rendered Afterword by his wife, Carol Blue. We will be sure to update our blog and website with evolving plans for publication and media.